Posted on September 21, 2018 by southernipmcenter
From Insects in the City
Pest management professionals who care for lawns should be on the alert for fall armyworms this fall. Higher-than-normal populations of this lawn-eating insect have been reported from many areas in Texas these past two weeks.
While fall armyworms are nothing new, according to Dr. Allen Knutson, extension agricultural entomologist in Dallas, this year they are a widespread problem for hay producers and small grains producers across the state. “I’ve had calls as far west as Wichita Falls, south to Comanche and across east Texas,” he said. Locally in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, my turfgrass colleague, Dr. Lindsey Hoffman, and I have gotten many calls this week from concerned lawn owners, schools and the media. Continue reading →
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Posted on June 9, 2017 by southernipmcenter
Excerpted from an article in Delta Farm Press. See Delta Farm Press for the entire article.
True armyworm damages crops and feeds on the foliage of corn, wheat, fescue and other grass plants. Continue reading →
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Posted on April 15, 2015 by southernipmcenter
Maize is one of Mexico’s biggest crops, planted on nearly 7 million hectares and representing 30% of the country’s total domestic agricultural production, making Mexico the fifth largest maize producer in the world. Yet IPM is not widely used to manage pests in the crop. In a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management in 2014, researchers from Mexico examined pest complexes in maize and the challenges with adoption of IPM programs.
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Posted on September 5, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
By Doug Johnson, Extension Entomologist, University of Kentucky
Something is most definitely up with armyworm, fall armyworm or both. I have received information from six counties in less than a week indicating the presence of large numbers of “worms” in grass situations.
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Posted on August 1, 2014 by southernipmcenter
In Southeast Farm Press
by Mark Abney, University of Georgia entomologist
Spider mites have been reported on a number of crops including vegetables and cotton since this spring, and as conditions continue to be hot and dry in many locations, we are beginning to see populations jump in peanut.
The two spotted spider mite is a challenging pest to control. It thrives in hot, dry conditions where it completes development in as little as seven days at 81 F. Female mites can lay up to 100 eggs over several weeks, so it is easy to see how infestations can go from light to heavy in a very short period of time.
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Posted on August 19, 2013 by southernipmcenter
By Ames Herbert, Virginia Extension Entomologist
In Southeast Farm Press
Mixed worm populations are reportedly increasing in both South Carolina and North Carolina peanut crops.
These populations include the corn earworm (may be some tobacco budworm also, but you cannot tell these species apart without some experience and good magnification of the mandibles/jaws), beet armyworm, and fall armyworm.
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by southernipmcenter
For more than 20 years, specialists with the University of Kentucky Integrated Pest Management Program have trapped moths of Kentucky’s major agricultural pests to give producers an early warning about potential outbreaks. A recent UK College of Agriculture survey shows this program is paying financial and environmental dividends for the agricultural industry.
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